Top Albums of 1957
Rank
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All Time
Rank
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Artist
▼
Album
▼
Genres
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1
383
Sonny Rollins
Saxophone Colossus
Hard Bop
2
393
Little Richard
Here's Little Richard
Rhythm & Blues
,
Rock & Roll
3
408
The Crickets
The "Chirping" Crickets
Rockabilly
4
531
Thelonious Monk
Brilliant Corners
Hard Bop
5
685
The Original Broadway Cast
West Side Story
Show Tunes
6
1038
Miles Davis
Miles Ahead
Cool Jazz
7
1235
Sonny Rollins
Way Out West
Hard Bop
8
1444
Art Pepper
Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section
Cool Jazz
9
1462
Miles Davis
Round About Midnight
Hard Bop
10
1492
Count Basie
April in Paris
Big Band
,
Swing
11
1568
Chuck Berry
After School Session
Rhythm & Blues
,
Rock & Roll
12
1581
Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps
Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps
Rockabilly
13
1729
The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers (They're Off and Rolling)
Close Harmony
,
Pop
,
Rock & Roll
14
1756
The Weavers
The Weavers at Carnegie Hall
Contemporary Folk
15
1876
Miles Davis
Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
Hard Bop
16
1889
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook
Big Band
,
Vocal Jazz
17
1925
George Russell
The Jazz Workshop
Jazz
18
1987
Nat King Cole
After Midnight
Vocal Jazz
19
2209
Elvis Presley
Loving You
Rock & Roll
20
2275
Jimmy Giuffre
Jimmy Giuffre 3
Cool Jazz
21
2300
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar!
Country
,
Rockabilly
22
2324
Duke Ellington
Such Sweet Thunder
Big Band
23
2476
Count Basie
At Newport
Big Band
24
2520
Anita O'Day
Anita Sings the Most
Standards
,
Vocal Jazz
25
2584
B.B. King
Singin' the Blues
Electric Blues
26
2938
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Himself
Hard Bop
Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Frank Sinatra
A Swingin' Affair!
Standards
,
Vocal Jazz
Henry "Red" Allen
Ride, Red, Ride in Hi-Fi/World on a String
Dixieland
Nat King Cole
Love Is the Thing
Traditional Pop
,
Vocal Jazz
Frank Sinatra
Where Are You?
Standards
,
Vocal Jazz
Ray Charles
Ray Charles/Hallelujah, I Love Her So
Rhythm & Blues
,
Soul
Johnny Griffin
A Blowin' Session
Hard Bop
The "5" Royales
Dedicated to You
Doo-Wop
Dizzy Gillespie
Birks' Works
Big Band
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
Ella and Louis Again
Standards
,
Vocal Jazz
Coleman Hawkins
The Hawk Flies High
Bebop
Anita O'Day
Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day
Vocal Jazz
Reverend Gary Davis
Pure Religion and Bad Company
Acoustic Blues
,
Gospel
Gerry Mulligan
At Storyville
Jazz
Charles Mingus
The Clown
Post-Bop
Sun Ra and His Arkestra
Super-Sonic Jazz
Post-Bop
Elvis Presley
Elvis' Christmas Album
Christmas Music
,
Gospel
,
Rock & Roll
Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins
Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins
Hard Bop
Ella Fitzgerald
Like Someone in Love
Standards
,
Vocal Jazz